all they have to do for the Switch 2 to succeed is to make it backwards compatible and have better hardware than it's predecessor. It will not sell as well at the first switch. They won't have the electric sales boom fueled by the sense of novelty the switch brought. It's not riding off the back of a previous failure like Wii U that made Nintendo fans want to buy it to support what they saw as a struggling company. Switch 2 will sell well and keep Nintendo in the green because it's a better switch but it's not going to be revolutionary.
it wont need to be revolutionary, it's carrying the name forward, the name that has brought Nintendo back to the forefront in the Console Wars since the SNES era.
It'll be revolutionary, you're acting like it'll just be a copy paste of the Switch just with better graphics/hardware and backward compatibility, I don't think it'll be that simple, Nintendo is known for REVOLUTIONARY ideas, the best in the industry in all honesty, so no doubt they will add something special, different and new about the next system in some way or form and it'll feel like a breath of fresh air all over again compared to the original Switch, i'm sure we're in for a surprise and not just a copy paste of a better Switch
tbh i dont think Switch 2 could attain that, it's either going to be better than Switch 1 or be the next Wii U. there will be no middle ground, as the Switch has been too much of a W, so the standard set is much higher than in previous Nintendo Consoles.
@UltimateGamerCC I feel those two extremes, while definitely possible, are a bit too extreme. Part of the WiiU's problems were how it was marketed combined with a gimmick that people didn't really want or find interesting. I feel the Switch 2 will have clearer and better marketing than the WiiU did, making people know what it's about on the get-go. I personally think it's going to have a bit of a slow start at launch, but will steadily gain sales as more software gets announced for it
I think the problem is and always has been that Nintendo fans and video game players in general have a real hard time, managing expectations and for the last two or three years RUclips channels like yours and others I’ve just been feeding the flames of speculation on just what kind of console the Switch 2 will be and how powerful it will be. So Nintendo has an upward battle to fight when it comes to delivering a product that somewhat meets expectations but also they’re able to put together a slate of launch titles that’s going to appeal to the widest margin of people.
I'd honestly be surprised if they didn't have their first year lineup practically completely set already with how much time they've banked by extending Switch's life cycle.
@@tyg-zw7nnBecause they're all different products targetted to different kinds of people... It's like comparing soccer, baseball and basketball just because they all use a ball. Yes you can enumerate all their differences but at the end of the day it'll all boils down to preference. Unless you're doing a technical critique of it's parts it's almost a waste of time for him and his viewers.
They are all hybrid consoles(minus Portal), so I don't get what's funny. The Switch is in another league in terms of sucess compared to others, laughbly so, but since this is a hypothetical situation, the comparison makes sense.
@@nautilusnautilus823I think he means that they are all targeted at different people. especially when you consider that at the start, a lot of people called the Steam Deck the "Switch Killer." But none of these portable consoles dips into the revenue of the other. Well except maybe the Steam Deck taking from Sony and Microsoft as those people get bored of their consoles but don't want a PC and the Steam Deck ends up being a nice middle ground.
@@Zerolink30 They might not target EXACTLY the same people, but they pretty much target the same audience: People who love gaming, and want the flexibility to do that on the go or at home in one single device. His argument is the same asinine type or reasoning given as to ""why"" the Switch isn't competing directly with Sony and MS(which both are bowing out of the console race, mind you). Its stupid. And when Nintendo slowly fix their only "problem" - Power - and starts getting all the third party that everyone gets, its competition (Sony, MS, Steam, Rog, etc) will have no more advantages to speak of. So yes, all hybrid consoles compete directly with one another.
A. I can't see a world where the Switch 2 actually flops and doesn't sell enough to be considered a success (though I guess that could be used as a relative term)... B. It BETTER not flop. Hahahaha... I gave my nephew my OG Switch and am waiting for the 2 to get a new one... As long as it is fully backwards compatible, I can't see it being close to a flop.
Yeah, backwards compatability is basically a given at this point. There's no way Nintendo would announce Prime 4 for the Switch in 2025 and not make the next console play it.
@@vaelegoro7782 Nintendo has already said they're still planning on making physical games in the future. Y'all are just finding reasons to complain about a console that we don't even know the name of yet.
@@verygoodfreelancer Honest question: Do you even like Nintendo? Every comment I've seen from you is just hating on the company, so why are you even here?
Let's not think about it please. We don't want another Wii-Wii U scenario. Honestly, I just hope that the Switch 2 is backwards-compatible with Switch 1 games and able to transfer data and my NSO account to it
The best way to make sure that the Switch successor succeeds is: ●PS4 Pro levels of power ●Make the selling price $399 ●Advertise it as a must-have ●Improve the feel of it over Switch Something to consider is that a lot of people still really like the idea of the Switch, but wish that it was just better hardware. If Nintendo shows up with the Switch successor and it improves on every hardware aspect, it's legit just good enough as a successor to warrant buying
An advantage the successor has that's distinct compared to previous flops is surprisingly enough... morale. In previous generations that did well, Nintendo was up against stiff gaming competition such as with Sega, Sony and Microsoft. But now, Sony and Microsoft's consoles have lost most of their momentum thanks to the Law of Diminishing Returns biting them hard in the rear while Nintendo's console is still somehow keeping up incredible momentum late in its lifespan. Even the Wii and DS petered out in towards the end of their respective lifespans... but somehow not the Switch??? It's an animal that'll work amazingly in the advantage of the successor
Not pa4 pro levels just a bit better than the OG ps4 and the price is 350 and 400 for oled and a game pack-in + a new gymick but the other things you named are defendly also needed.
@@AlessandroLoscueva It will never be less than 400$. Switch launch price inflation adjusted is 384$. And It will be better than PS4 Pro in docked mode and PS4 in portable mode. Not in raw GPU numbers but it will be better in everything else.
I think the Switch 2's success will be somewhere between the 3DS and the Switch 1. I don't think it will be more successful than the original Switch, but it will sell absolutely well. Nintendo has all the cards in hand to make the Switch 2 a success.
The hybrid thing is not impressive anymore. Every single handheld on the market now does that... its a standard across the industry. Look at the rog ally, steam deck, legion go exc
With the gameboy to gameboy advance comparison, it's not really the same as the rest of them since the gb was on market for 12 years and was grouped with the gbc before it got replaced while the gba got replaced by the ds 3 years after it released
I for sure am not buying one at launch. I overbought way too much on Switch, and then I got a Steam deck and started using Steam again. I have more than I could possibly play already. (But backwards compatibility would go a long way) I don’t think it’s going to be a bad device, but I have every reason to delay until there’s a bundle or a must play game or something
@@SALTYTOAD00 already failed at that. "Switch attach" is worse then wii u is, people are just gonna think it something you attach to your switch!!!!!!!!!!!
It could definitely fail. Depends on how greedy they are and if they deliver on the games department. Also, it would be nice if they listened, like make online play free, provide themes, and a glow up for eshop. An option to buy various games on NSO would be nice. Ngl, I want a discount on switch 2 since both my joycons drift.
If it fails, that's cool: What I liked about the Wii U's catalog of games is that we were not overwhelmed with the games, we simply were limited with the games we got and valued what was available even more. Wii U is better at playing the following games due to immersion more than there switch ports: Fatal Frame Maiden of black water, Zombi U, Xenoblade X (if the next nintendo has it), point is the 2nd screen is more interesting to me.
It is impossible for switch 2 to fail. Reasons are. 1. It has Switch in it. 2. It is same account our libraries move forward. 3. Joy cons will still work with it. 4. Most or all evergreen games will get DLSS visual upgrades which will sell more copies of existing games. 5. NSO will offer us upscale versions of these dlss games if we already purchased the game via expansion pass. 6. NSO will offer Gamegube, Wii, DS and 3ds tittles. These are just off top of my head😊
Oh I thought of another good reason. Because Nintendo always half step jumps into next gen this means all ps4 era games will get ports to switch 2.😄 So third party support will be great.
GX spend 7 years talking about the Next Switch, now it’s been hinted at GX question what will happen if it fails. When it DOES come out I expect GX to dedicate another 7 years to talking about the NEXT next Switch.
Switch 2 WILL NOT be as successful as Switch, in fact you’ll be lucky to even hit 100 million. The audience was and is casual, and since the original switch works well, they won’t need a switch 2!
I hope the Nintendo Switch's successor doesn't disappoint. One thing I would hope for is that if it gets Virtual Console (like the Wii, Nintendo 3DS, and Wii U did, and I suppose the Nintendo Switch, but in a different kind of way), that they would add Nintendo Gamecube games to it.
Call it Switch 2, make it another hybrid, make it backwards compatible with Switch games, have it launch with the new 3D Mario, allow Switch accessories to work with it like the Pro Controller, and price it at $400. Done, they have another success story.
Keyword being "iterative". The Wii, DS and Switch were very different from what came before them. Wii made its main controller into a remote and focused on motion controls, the DS had 2 screens with 1 of them being touch based and the Switch is a handheld that can be easily connected to your tv.
Well..tons of people like me who was dissatisfied with the poor performance of Scarlet/Violet, we are no longer going to purchase the next Pokemon game right away, we will see reviews and actual gameplay videos so that we wont have a repeat of last time.
If the Switch 2 flops then Nintendo will start giving us a better value. Maybe Nintendo will bring back virtual console. Maybe Nintendo selects returns. We win.
I think the worst switch 2 will do is 3ds like sales, they just need a really ambitious 3d mario and MK9 first year with maybe an OoT remake in 2026 throw in a smash bros and pokemon, give a new AC 2027 .
Hindsight is 20/20. Even if Switch 2 fails on its start, fans will most likely spread awareness much more now that we know things can go wrong. The WiiU was great, but poor communication snowballed into oblivion. Besides, the siturations are not really comparable, the internal Switch 2 project clearly has something cooking to make the launch year at least as attractive as the Switch 1 gamewise.
I think a big part of the metric people forget about the Wii is both momentum and attach rate. Neither has been Switch's problem, so they're going in strong, With Wii, it was kind of the forgotten console prior to the Wii U.
TBH, the Switch 2 would have to be a MASSIVE L in order to bomb. compared to everything else on the market, the Switch is the best console of this generation for Library, Availability, Price and Versatility. the Switch 2 can have that right out of the gate if they utilize backwards compatibility, produce plenty of units and not charge an arm and a leg for it. ($500 or higher)
I'd say that another factor in this situation is the overall quality of the hardware Nintendo decides to put in SW2. Historically, in completing with Sony and MS, they've held back the tech in their consoles in favor of letting their games drive sales. Now that the Switch isn't the only hybrid in the game and the Steam Deck's specs vastly outperform Switch's - not to mention the vast library of games available on Steam - Nintendo may have to bite the bullet and put more next-gen hardware in SW2 if they don't want it to fail.
Bro, the PS Portal is what everyone thought the Wii U Tablet was lol. How is that the same as the Switch or Portable PC handhelds? - If it has a Smash Bros, Mainline Mario, Zelda, Pokemon, Animal Crossing and/or Splatoon. It WILL sell like hotcakes.
I think the whole reason why Nintendo is taking so long to release a new console is because they realize they are marketed towards a demographic who won't buy something that looks similar to what they already have or buy a new gaming console if they already bought one within that decade.
I would love it if they called it the “switch 2” and just have ugrades to all the features. Like a bigger screen, better joystick control, built in blue light filter, more storage, and better graphics. Or at least that’s what I’m hoping they’re gonna do (and they could add mii maker music & new themes lol)
The main reason the Switch succeeded --even before the novelty of being a hybrid--was because of Zelda Breath of the Wild. I believe most people were more excited about playing a completely new concept of Zelda, than whatever they were playing it on. With that said, the Switch being a hybrid proved successful once people started playing games on it, and I think it was with the release of Mario Kart 8 that the hybrid gimmick really interested everyone. This time there is no new Zelda, but they need to release a new Mario Kart as soon as possible, as well as constant releases of new and exciting games. If you think about it, the Wii also had a Zelda at release and also people wanted to play it. The gimmick of motion controls came after the first exploding sales at launch (which people wanted for Zelda not for the gimmick).
The problem with the successors to Nintendo consoles (such as Nintendo 3DS, GameCube, or Wii U) is that they arrived on the market with defects and that they did not sit well with Nintendo.Such is the case of 3DS with the excessive price during its inception, the low capacity of GCN CDs, and well, everything that everyone knows about Wii U. Even systems with original concepts like the Nintendo 64 failed on things like cartridge capacity and development costs. So to do this, Nintendo must take these factors into account if it wants the Switch 2 to sell as well as the current Switch, such as its price, accessibility to game development, the maintain third-party support who have done very well, etc.
Unpopular take.. The next system should be console only with enough power to play modern games well. We already have the switch for portable gaming. The general populace is going to ask the very logical question of "i have a switch. Why do i need to spend $400 on another?". And they will forego it. Anyway, this would give Nintendo a portable system, and a powerful modern console. Then, in 5 years, they can put out a true, more powerful switch/portable successor.
I think Nintendo positioned themselves well with all the new fans they gained from the Switch. If they can continue to target gamers with the popular open world Zelda’s. Have a smash bros for the hardcore fighting audience. Casuals with animal crossing and Kirby. Get Pokemon on it, they’ll have more than enough for ppl to buy the successor
All I say is add a new Smash Bros & everyone will be on it, since I bought the Wii U for Smash Bros only to play as Rosalina (I still miss the build your stage mod in WII U, the space Background was moving instead of being a still image)
If Nintendo truly learned their lesson from the Wii U and doesn’t come out of the gate thinking everyone and their grandma will buy the Switch 2 no matter what, I think they will be ok.
It won't "fail," but I'm fairly certain it'll sell quite a bit less. Nintendo has always had difficulty maintaining momentum, and considering how late in the gen the system is releasing, I expect it could eventually struggle to get quality 3rd party AAA ports. People will try & discredit how important 3rd party games are, but every single Nintendo system that has relied solely on 1st party games & lacked 3rd party support has failed. But just like with the Wii U, I expect the Switch 2 will have good 3rd party support to start, Nintendo just needs to market & support it better quickly enough to move units. Regarding the tech - as we've seen with the Switch, there's a certain point at which so many sacrifices have to be made, the games either look & play utterly terrible, or don't get ported at all. We know its specs will come in quite a bit behind PS5 & SX. Soon we'll have PS5 Pro, and we now have rumors suggesting MS plans to launch their next gen system early (potentially 2026). That means it'll quickly be back to being 2 gens behind tech-wise, which is fine for Nintendo-made games, but hurts for major 3rd party games. They also have a tendency to get complacent, as we've already seen in several areas with the Switch itself. The system still lacks major features that are STANDARD everywhere else (and have been for over a decade), despite years of fan demand. They rely heavily on lower-effort remasters & remakes rather than taking big swings like the RE remakes or Crash/Spyro Trilogies, and they pump out more Mario games than ever (while leaving many of their other IPs in the dump). Lastly, it's great that they have an ample amount of AA games & remasters to fill each year, but they create far less new IPs & AAA games than ever. Only Mario & Zelda get the AAA treatment, with Metroid Prime 4 being the remainder. It would be nice if more IPs got similar treatment, even if that means waiting longer for a release.
1:34 Once again, there should be a huge asterisk on that example. The Game Boy sales are combining the Game Boy and Game Boy Color for one. Two, it lasted 12 years before the GBA replaced them. The DS came out less than four years after the GBA. Context matters. 💯
This video is reall well made! And so are most of GameXplain's videos. It's really impressive how they come up with interesting topics people care about, then they expand significantly on them and talk impressively clearly. Idk though, I'm a very bad speaker who only got through my Communications classes with vague, uninteresting topics. So maybe the problem is just me. But yeah, great video!
Nintendo fans have become addicted to the arrogance of there favorite company being the most successful in gaming. If it goes back to wii u status quo they will not be able to cope
@@SALTYTOAD00 what about Smash 4, Mario Bros U, Mario 3D World, Mario Maker, Splatoon, Hyrule Warriors, Bayonetta 2, Captain Toad Treasure Tracker, Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze, and Yoshi's Woolly World?
@AlessandroLoscueva Yes, because Mario Party 10, Paper Mario Color Splash, Wii Sports Club, Animal Crossing amiibo Festival, and Star Fox Zero were so good.
I swear this is an on going trend what if Nintendo fails so and so. It’s like were ready to judge Nintendo with point less videos. What about Sony or Microsoft? There just so perfect right? All am saying am tired of these videos. Even those annoying former Nintendo hires kit and Krista are starting to piss me off.
Hot take: I low-key hope it fails, so that nintendo needs to innovate themselves out of a hole again (that's how the switch concept was created to begin with). Same thing happened with GC>Wii.
Me personally, I think either Nintendo Switch 2, or Super Nintendo Switch could work because both potential names I just mentioned make it clear that it’s the successor to the original.
it's POSSIBLE, but definitely gonna be very hard to make that happen. but compared to Sony and Microsoft, Nintendo has surpassed their rivals in the Console Wars this gen.
It cannot fail, if it has perfect backwards compability. Even the crappy PS2 was a huge success as 100+ million PSX owners swapped their system into successor.
"Half of PS4 owners still haven't upgraded." Yeah, because the PS5 is less than four years old, and it takes a long time to sell 117 million units. 🤷♂️
NGL as of this moment right now I deff do think the switch 2 should fail for the simple fact they refuse to give us any good info about it. I’m not gonna buy a console until I see all the specs.
even if its named something like "switch U", what it needs is great advertising that tells what it is + a great catalogue of games the wii u didnt fail because of its name, it failed because the marketing was awful and there were hardly any games in its first few years nintendo basically did the opposite of everything the wii u did for the switch, i think that we're in good hands and pray it goes well
I don’t think something like the lack of games will happen. When they were in the wii u era they also have to support the 3ds. Now they only have 1 system. So 1st party support will only be stronger than wii u.
It can flop. The Wii U flipped after the Wii. Virtual Boy flopped after Game Boy. Nintendo actual doesn't have a history of back to back console successes...
Excellent video! And I agree with all of your points. I fear that Nintendo is waiting too long to release the Switch 2, and their strategy of squeezing every last ounce of life from a successful console before releasing their next console, is a strategy that has already failed them twice in the past. And yet somehow they are still convinced that it's a strategy that works. "Strike while the iron is hot" as the old saying goes. But the iron is no longer hot. It's not even lukewarm. The iron has gone cold. While I do believe that the Switch 2 will be fine in the long run, I don't think it'll be successful at launch. Nintendo may have to do a price drop after a few months like what they did for the 3DS and Wii U. Still, the Switch 2 will end up doing fine in the end.
@@algotkristoffersson15 1. Switch 2 is most likely a placeholder name. What do you suggest as another placeholder name if you think Switch 2 is so bad? 2. Switch 2 would avoid the confusion Wii U caused due to the 2 inherently indicating it is a successor
@@LucasGnagy Switch 2 implies it is a direct successor. Which in turn indicates that the switch is going to be a specific series of consoles. When in reality this handheld/home console hybrid thing is just how all consoles will work in the future. Because there is no drawback. So actually the console is going to be named after its new gimmick as the fact it can switch is trivially obvious and thus unnecessary to specify.
@@algotkristoffersson15 Why would we say that when “Switch 2” achieves the same effect, is much faster to say/type and the console is most likely going to be what that placeholder name implies anyway?
If Nintendo doesn't make stupid decisions like most western companies they should be fine. Unlike the Wii the demand and excitement is there for the next console. I remember the days nearing the Wii U launch there wasn't major excitement except the Big Nintendo fans. Past 4+ years, Switch 2 yet? has been a constant discussion. All Nintendo's franchises are flying high. Splatoon 4 should definitely go well, the series is too successful to stop now. Animal crossing has becoming household name due to the pandemic. Metroid and Pikmin finally found footing among many others. Mario 2d and 3d hit thier peak and can easily go further. Pokemon is playing catchup but it still going strong. The switch era was still the correct franchise being continued even if the devs are slow at catching up to modern hardware. Zelda is stronger than ever, on par with Mario. Movies and parks should boost Nintendo's Sales further.
If their new console fails then we can be sure they will bring out some of the hardest hitting new games to make it a success. Somehow I feel like people are already hyped though.
Nintendo just needs to release a main pokemon game exclusively on the switch 2 and the console will sell like hot cakes... Scarlet and violet sold almost 25M copies even if the games were extremely buggy. The longer development time for modern games is not as big of an issue to Nintendo as it is to Sony and Microsoft because they can always task a smaller studio with remaking one of their older game.
That last part hits true. Unlike the other 2, Nintendo actually makes smaller budget games with their IPs, even brining back dormant or underused IPs every now and then.
I know it's not mainline, but Pokemon Legends Z-A is coming in the first half of 2025, so it could serve as a launch title for the Switch 2 while still being backwards compatible with the current Switch.
@@iLoveBread260 But the Wii U wasn’t just Wii 2. It tried something different, and had terrible marketing. People thought it was just a new controller for the Wii rather than a new console.
It probably will last consoles have basically gone fail succes fail success. Also a switch 2 would needs a lot of appeal for the casual crowd to pick it up.
Nintendo should balance supporting the current switch and focusing on the switch 2, some games should be on both consoles but a fair few should be switch 2 exclusive to encourage people to buy the new system
That's honestly not an easy question to answer, that's a question anyone who creates something ask themselves, Nintendo is no different, you can't tell the success of a product until consumers get a hold of it. We can't expect everything we make to be 100% successful that's not how the world works unless you have the mindset of a perfectionist. All I can say is, I hope the Switch 2 is a hit, but on the off chance its not, at least they tried
Great video! Your editorials are top-notch, Joey! Keep them coming! Really at this point, anything is possible. You could make a video titled “what if the Switch 2 is a success?”
Impossible! There are so many reasons that it will not versus reasons that it will fail. Nintendo is widely considered synonymous with electronic gaming. Even if Nintendo ceased to exist, people all over the world connect electronic gaming to Nintendo.
I can’t see the successor being a flop similar to the Wii U. Nintendo is in a way better position now, and I feel they are going to make smart decisions with this next console.
I doubt it will do Switch numbers but I think Nintendo would have to be incredibly inept to fuck up the next console after having experienced the Wii U situation. At the very least I see it doing 80 mil.
I think the biggest problem with all this discourse is that we are all calling it te Switch 2. What happens if it's nothing like the Switch? The Wii was a massive success and the Wii U (which was a Wii 2) was a flop. Will Nintendo do something similar again? We all WANT a Switch 2 but will Nintendo deliver a Switch 2 or another whole new way to play? Personally I want a Switch with 3D support. I loved the 3D feature on the 3DS and the super creative ways developers used it. Oh and I'd love this console to be called the Super Nintendo Switch. Great way to make it obvious that it's the upgrade from the normal Switch for all those clueless parents
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all they have to do for the Switch 2 to succeed is to make it backwards compatible and have better hardware than it's predecessor. It will not sell as well at the first switch. They won't have the electric sales boom fueled by the sense of novelty the switch brought. It's not riding off the back of a previous failure like Wii U that made Nintendo fans want to buy it to support what they saw as a struggling company. Switch 2 will sell well and keep Nintendo in the green because it's a better switch but it's not going to be revolutionary.
it wont need to be revolutionary, it's carrying the name forward, the name that has brought Nintendo back to the forefront in the Console Wars since the SNES era.
Wasn't the SNES, GBA, 3DS, Wii all backwards compatible?
It'll be revolutionary, you're acting like it'll just be a copy paste of the Switch just with better graphics/hardware and backward compatibility, I don't think it'll be that simple, Nintendo is known for REVOLUTIONARY ideas, the best in the industry in all honesty, so no doubt they will add something special, different and new about the next system in some way or form and it'll feel like a breath of fresh air all over again compared to the original Switch, i'm sure we're in for a surprise and not just a copy paste of a better Switch
All they have to do is to follow the damn train.
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I dont think the switch will flop, personally, but i think it won't achieve the same heights as the original switch.
tbh i dont think Switch 2 could attain that, it's either going to be better than Switch 1 or be the next Wii U. there will be no middle ground, as the Switch has been too much of a W, so the standard set is much higher than in previous Nintendo Consoles.
@UltimateGamerCC I feel those two extremes, while definitely possible, are a bit too extreme. Part of the WiiU's problems were how it was marketed combined with a gimmick that people didn't really want or find interesting. I feel the Switch 2 will have clearer and better marketing than the WiiU did, making people know what it's about on the get-go. I personally think it's going to have a bit of a slow start at launch, but will steadily gain sales as more software gets announced for it
kinda like the 3DS and super nintendo
@@BenBoyeeIt washntrel the gimmick that spelled the Wii Ushrel downfall, it washre only the marketingsh, plain and simple.
@@doodlememesThe 3DS did really good tho, despite a rather slow launch.
I think the problem is and always has been that Nintendo fans and video game players in general have a real hard time, managing expectations and for the last two or three years RUclips channels like yours and others I’ve just been feeding the flames of speculation on just what kind of console the Switch 2 will be and how powerful it will be. So Nintendo has an upward battle to fight when it comes to delivering a product that somewhat meets expectations but also they’re able to put together a slate of launch titles that’s going to appeal to the widest margin of people.
Oh, DEFINITELY.
As long as the games keep coming I don’t give a damn. I liked the Wii U lol
They will not come if nintendo goes the same way as ps5 and xbox, where all games need 10 years each to be released.
@@dinar8749 True that, but I really don’t think Nintendo is going in this direction
@@lostvarius I hope not.
I'd honestly be surprised if they didn't have their first year lineup practically completely set already with how much time they've banked by extending Switch's life cycle.
@@OneRandomVictory oh yeah definitely
This channel's obsession with trying to compare the Switch/Deck/ROG with the PS Portal will never stop being funny.
Enlighten me. What is so funny about it?
@@tyg-zw7nnBecause they're all different products targetted to different kinds of people...
It's like comparing soccer, baseball and basketball just because they all use a ball. Yes you can enumerate all their differences but at the end of the day it'll all boils down to preference.
Unless you're doing a technical critique of it's parts it's almost a waste of time for him and his viewers.
They are all hybrid consoles(minus Portal), so I don't get what's funny.
The Switch is in another league in terms of sucess compared to others, laughbly so, but since this is a hypothetical situation, the comparison makes sense.
@@nautilusnautilus823I think he means that they are all targeted at different people. especially when you consider that at the start, a lot of people called the Steam Deck the "Switch Killer." But none of these portable consoles dips into the revenue of the other. Well except maybe the Steam Deck taking from Sony and Microsoft as those people get bored of their consoles but don't want a PC and the Steam Deck ends up being a nice middle ground.
@@Zerolink30 They might not target EXACTLY the same people, but they pretty much target the same audience: People who love gaming, and want the flexibility to do that on the go or at home in one single device. His argument is the same asinine type or reasoning given as to ""why"" the Switch isn't competing directly with Sony and MS(which both are bowing out of the console race, mind you). Its stupid. And when Nintendo slowly fix their only "problem" - Power - and starts getting all the third party that everyone gets, its competition (Sony, MS, Steam, Rog, etc) will have no more advantages to speak of. So yes, all hybrid consoles compete directly with one another.
A. I can't see a world where the Switch 2 actually flops and doesn't sell enough to be considered a success (though I guess that could be used as a relative term)... B. It BETTER not flop. Hahahaha... I gave my nephew my OG Switch and am waiting for the 2 to get a new one... As long as it is fully backwards compatible, I can't see it being close to a flop.
Yeah, backwards compatability is basically a given at this point. There's no way Nintendo would announce Prime 4 for the Switch in 2025 and not make the next console play it.
@@vaelegoro7782 Nintendo has already said they're still planning on making physical games in the future. Y'all are just finding reasons to complain about a console that we don't even know the name of yet.
@@verygoodfreelancer Honest question: Do you even like Nintendo? Every comment I've seen from you is just hating on the company, so why are you even here?
@@verygoodfreelancer Unique choices is a very interesting way to put it, if the choices you're talking about are the ones related to copyright.
@@SALTYTOAD00 you would think… lol
Let's not think about it please. We don't want another Wii-Wii U scenario. Honestly, I just hope that the Switch 2 is backwards-compatible with Switch 1 games and able to transfer data and my NSO account to it
Backwards compatible with 3DS, DS, and GBA games too, or at least 3DS
@windykingdom6153 The 3DS is beyond dead. It makes no sense to add 3DS backwards compatability on a Nintendo console in 2025.
I think Nintendo Accounts will be carried over. Nintendo wouldn't want all those ROMs they put onto NSO over the last few years to go to waste.
@@SALTYTOAD00 3DS definitely not dead 💀
@@windykingdom6153 The online and eShop are gone. It's dead.
The best way to make sure that the Switch successor succeeds is:
●PS4 Pro levels of power
●Make the selling price $399
●Advertise it as a must-have
●Improve the feel of it over Switch
Something to consider is that a lot of people still really like the idea of the Switch, but wish that it was just better hardware. If Nintendo shows up with the Switch successor and it improves on every hardware aspect, it's legit just good enough as a successor to warrant buying
An advantage the successor has that's distinct compared to previous flops is surprisingly enough... morale. In previous generations that did well, Nintendo was up against stiff gaming competition such as with Sega, Sony and Microsoft. But now, Sony and Microsoft's consoles have lost most of their momentum thanks to the Law of Diminishing Returns biting them hard in the rear while Nintendo's console is still somehow keeping up incredible momentum late in its lifespan. Even the Wii and DS petered out in towards the end of their respective lifespans... but somehow not the Switch??? It's an animal that'll work amazingly in the advantage of the successor
Not pa4 pro levels just a bit better than the OG ps4 and the price is 350 and 400 for oled and a game pack-in + a new gymick but the other things you named are defendly also needed.
@@AlessandroLoscuevaI’d say more than base PS4 but less than PS4 Pro would be enough for them to really compete.
@@AlessandroLoscueva It will never be less than 400$. Switch launch price inflation adjusted is 384$. And It will be better than PS4 Pro in docked mode and PS4 in portable mode. Not in raw GPU numbers but it will be better in everything else.
I think the Switch 2's success will be somewhere between the 3DS and the Switch 1. I don't think it will be more successful than the original Switch, but it will sell absolutely well. Nintendo has all the cards in hand to make the Switch 2 a success.
The hybrid thing is not impressive anymore. Every single handheld on the market now does that... its a standard across the industry. Look at the rog ally, steam deck, legion go exc
You Say that liké everyone is able to afford those handled
Well lets wait if they come with something new other than hybrid portability
@@Dilmi.AOUKLI fair point, if you're poor you're poor. However broke ppl might not be able to buy switch 2 either...
@@hackysmacky dude, you really just pulled out the poor/rich argument?
Same videos over and over. I'm sure you did similar video few weeks or months ago.
And they’re all long when they aren’t supposed to be
With the gameboy to gameboy advance comparison, it's not really the same as the rest of them since the gb was on market for 12 years and was grouped with the gbc before it got replaced while the gba got replaced by the ds 3 years after it released
I for sure am not buying one at launch. I overbought way too much on Switch, and then I got a Steam deck and started using Steam again. I have more than I could possibly play already. (But backwards compatibility would go a long way)
I don’t think it’s going to be a bad device, but I have every reason to delay until there’s a bundle or a must play game or something
As long as they give it a name that lets customers know it's a sequel and not a hardware revision, like the Wii U did, it won't fail.
@@SALTYTOAD00 already failed at that. "Switch attach" is worse then wii u is, people are just gonna think it something you attach to your switch!!!!!!!!!!!
@@technobladeleakedclips1827 The name hasn't even been revealed yet. Don't just believe everything you see online.
Lol true
What if it doesnt
Then we get a great console with great games.
Then Nintendo better keep an eye on the market.
Xbox is abandoning consoles and Playstation has begun putting their games on PC.
@@golemplay64 if it does we would get that anyway like the wii u
It could definitely fail. Depends on how greedy they are and if they deliver on the games department. Also, it would be nice if they listened, like make online play free, provide themes, and a glow up for eshop. An option to buy various games on NSO would be nice. Ngl, I want a discount on switch 2 since both my joycons drift.
Let’s not try to jinx it
Agreed.
Who cares tbh, Nintendo will be just fine
I think everyone is sick of the switch holding back gaming.
Look at the switch library and it's nothing but mobile games. 😂
Seems like GameXplain is stuck in the summer drought when they have to put out content like this.
Remember how we all thought the Switch would fail? Oh boy were we wrong...
Now that most people are assuming that the switch 2 is going to be a success it can happens the contrary...
If it fails, that's cool: What I liked about the Wii U's catalog of games is that we were not overwhelmed with the games, we simply were limited with the games we got and valued what was available even more. Wii U is better at playing the following games due to immersion more than there switch ports: Fatal Frame Maiden of black water, Zombi U, Xenoblade X (if the next nintendo has it), point is the 2nd screen is more interesting to me.
When is the NX coming out?
It is impossible for switch 2 to fail. Reasons are.
1. It has Switch in it.
2. It is same account our libraries move forward.
3. Joy cons will still work with it.
4. Most or all evergreen games will get DLSS visual upgrades which will sell more copies of existing games.
5. NSO will offer us upscale versions of these dlss games if we already purchased the game via expansion pass.
6. NSO will offer Gamegube, Wii, DS and 3ds tittles.
These are just off top of my head😊
And there is gona be a mainline pokemon and these always sell well, + there are soo manny pokemon fans, so yeah quz of that alone it wont fail.
@@xers6704 wii u had no idenity. If they simply let every wii U game work on the upad it would of doubled its sales
Oh I thought of another good reason. Because Nintendo always half step jumps into next gen this means all ps4 era games will get ports to switch 2.😄 So third party support will be great.
The question we should be asking ourselves is actually how many more units will Switch 2 out sell Switch 1 by?🤔
GX spend 7 years talking about the Next Switch, now it’s been hinted at GX question what will happen if it fails.
When it DOES come out I expect GX to dedicate another 7 years to talking about the NEXT next Switch.
Switch 2 WILL NOT be as successful as Switch, in fact you’ll be lucky to even hit 100 million. The audience was and is casual, and since the original switch works well, they won’t need a switch 2!
I hope the Nintendo Switch's successor doesn't disappoint. One thing I would hope for is that if it gets Virtual Console (like the Wii, Nintendo 3DS, and Wii U did, and I suppose the Nintendo Switch, but in a different kind of way), that they would add Nintendo Gamecube games to it.
Call it Switch 2, make it another hybrid, make it backwards compatible with Switch games, have it launch with the new 3D Mario, allow Switch accessories to work with it like the Pro Controller, and price it at $400. Done, they have another success story.
1:17 no because the Wii sold more than the Gamecube, the Switch more than the Wii U and the DS sold more than the Gameboy Advance.
Keyword being "iterative". The Wii, DS and Switch were very different from what came before them.
Wii made its main controller into a remote and focused on motion controls,
the DS had 2 screens with 1 of them being touch based
and the Switch is a handheld that can be easily connected to your tv.
@@King_Luigi He didn't say iterative though.
@@AidanRatnage The on-screen text _did_ however.
As long as mainline pokemon is there, its almost inpossible flop.
Well..tons of people like me who was dissatisfied with the poor performance of Scarlet/Violet, we are no longer going to purchase the next Pokemon game right away, we will see reviews and actual gameplay videos so that we wont have a repeat of last time.
Now Zelda franchise is quite bigger than pokémon, at least on Nintendo consoles.
Most mainline Pokemon games on the Switch sucks tbh.
gamefreak, nintendo's shitty 2nd party "LJN equivalent" will not carry a console anymore
If the quality of the pokemon games werent so downhill
If the Switch 2 flops then Nintendo will start giving us a better value. Maybe Nintendo will bring back virtual console. Maybe Nintendo selects returns. We win.
Stop jumping into conclusions every freakin time.
Then It Will Be Nintendo's Fault.
that's the only way they can fail at this point.
I think the worst switch 2 will do is 3ds like sales, they just need a really ambitious 3d mario and MK9 first year with maybe an OoT remake in 2026 throw in a smash bros and pokemon, give a new AC 2027 .
Hindsight is 20/20. Even if Switch 2 fails on its start, fans will most likely spread awareness much more now that we know things can go wrong. The WiiU was great, but poor communication snowballed into oblivion. Besides, the siturations are not really comparable, the internal Switch 2 project clearly has something cooking to make the launch year at least as attractive as the Switch 1 gamewise.
I think a big part of the metric people forget about the Wii is both momentum and attach rate. Neither has been Switch's problem, so they're going in strong, With Wii, it was kind of the forgotten console prior to the Wii U.
TBH, the Switch 2 would have to be a MASSIVE L in order to bomb. compared to everything else on the market, the Switch is the best console of this generation for Library, Availability, Price and Versatility. the Switch 2 can have that right out of the gate if they utilize backwards compatibility, produce plenty of units and not charge an arm and a leg for it. ($500 or higher)
If the switch 2 fails you can expect Nintendo to serve up Mario Kart 9 deluxe for the next decade. If they did it once, they'll do it again.
There should be a "nintendo demolition night" like the disco demolition night of 1979
I'd say that another factor in this situation is the overall quality of the hardware Nintendo decides to put in SW2. Historically, in completing with Sony and MS, they've held back the tech in their consoles in favor of letting their games drive sales. Now that the Switch isn't the only hybrid in the game and the Steam Deck's specs vastly outperform Switch's - not to mention the vast library of games available on Steam - Nintendo may have to bite the bullet and put more next-gen hardware in SW2 if they don't want it to fail.
Bro, the PS Portal is what everyone thought the Wii U Tablet was lol. How is that the same as the Switch or Portable PC handhelds?
- If it has a Smash Bros, Mainline Mario, Zelda, Pokemon, Animal Crossing and/or Splatoon. It WILL sell like hotcakes.
Let's hope it doesn't fail
Yeah
Why ? Do you own Nintendo stock ?
I think the whole reason why Nintendo is taking so long to release a new console is because they realize they are marketed towards a demographic who won't buy something that looks similar to what they already have or buy a new gaming console if they already bought one within that decade.
I would love it if they called it the “switch 2” and just have ugrades to all the features. Like a bigger screen, better joystick control, built in blue light filter, more storage, and better graphics. Or at least that’s what I’m hoping they’re gonna do (and they could add mii maker music & new themes lol)
The only way it’ll completely fail is by alienating diehard Nintendo fans like me.
Like the Wii U did with its awful marketing?
@@golemplay64
I still got a Wii U because of Smash Bros, Mario and Zelda
Let's not jump to conclusions.
The main reason the Switch succeeded --even before the novelty of being a hybrid--was because of Zelda Breath of the Wild. I believe most people were more excited about playing a completely new concept of Zelda, than whatever they were playing it on. With that said, the Switch being a hybrid proved successful once people started playing games on it, and I think it was with the release of Mario Kart 8 that the hybrid gimmick really interested everyone.
This time there is no new Zelda, but they need to release a new Mario Kart as soon as possible, as well as constant releases of new and exciting games.
If you think about it, the Wii also had a Zelda at release and also people wanted to play it. The gimmick of motion controls came after the first exploding sales at launch (which people wanted for Zelda not for the gimmick).
The problem with the successors to Nintendo consoles (such as Nintendo 3DS, GameCube, or Wii U) is that they arrived on the market with defects and that they did not sit well with Nintendo.Such is the case of 3DS with the excessive price during its inception, the low capacity of GCN CDs, and well, everything that everyone knows about Wii U. Even systems with original concepts like the Nintendo 64 failed on things like cartridge capacity and development costs.
So to do this, Nintendo must take these factors into account if it wants the Switch 2 to sell as well as the current Switch, such as its price, accessibility to game development, the maintain third-party support who have done very well, etc.
Hasnt nintendo learned from the "2" consoles
Unpopular take..
The next system should be console only with enough power to play modern games well.
We already have the switch for portable gaming. The general populace is going to ask the very logical question of "i have a switch. Why do i need to spend $400 on another?". And they will forego it.
Anyway, this would give Nintendo a portable system, and a powerful modern console. Then, in 5 years, they can put out a true, more powerful switch/portable successor.
I think Nintendo positioned themselves well with all the new fans they gained from the Switch. If they can continue to target gamers with the popular open world Zelda’s. Have a smash bros for the hardcore fighting audience. Casuals with animal crossing and Kirby. Get Pokemon on it, they’ll have more than enough for ppl to buy the successor
All I say is add a new Smash Bros & everyone will be on it, since I bought the Wii U for Smash Bros only to play as Rosalina (I still miss the build your stage mod in WII U, the space Background was moving instead of being a still image)
Of course it’s Joey behind a negative video 🙄
Wii U failed 100% on marketing.
Had it been named ANYTHING else, it would've sold 30 million.
If Nintendo truly learned their lesson from the Wii U and doesn’t come out of the gate thinking everyone and their grandma will buy the Switch 2 no matter what, I think they will be ok.
It won't "fail," but I'm fairly certain it'll sell quite a bit less.
Nintendo has always had difficulty maintaining momentum, and considering how late in the gen the system is releasing, I expect it could eventually struggle to get quality 3rd party AAA ports.
People will try & discredit how important 3rd party games are, but every single Nintendo system that has relied solely on 1st party games & lacked 3rd party support has failed.
But just like with the Wii U, I expect the Switch 2 will have good 3rd party support to start, Nintendo just needs to market & support it better quickly enough to move units.
Regarding the tech - as we've seen with the Switch, there's a certain point at which so many sacrifices have to be made, the games either look & play utterly terrible, or don't get ported at all. We know its specs will come in quite a bit behind PS5 & SX. Soon we'll have PS5 Pro, and we now have rumors suggesting MS plans to launch their next gen system early (potentially 2026).
That means it'll quickly be back to being 2 gens behind tech-wise, which is fine for Nintendo-made games, but hurts for major 3rd party games.
They also have a tendency to get complacent, as we've already seen in several areas with the Switch itself. The system still lacks major features that are STANDARD everywhere else (and have been for over a decade), despite years of fan demand. They rely heavily on lower-effort remasters & remakes rather than taking big swings like the RE remakes or Crash/Spyro Trilogies, and they pump out more Mario games than ever (while leaving many of their other IPs in the dump).
Lastly, it's great that they have an ample amount of AA games & remasters to fill each year, but they create far less new IPs & AAA games than ever. Only Mario & Zelda get the AAA treatment, with Metroid Prime 4 being the remainder. It would be nice if more IPs got similar treatment, even if that means waiting longer for a release.
Considering that games are still released on the PS4 to this day, I wouldn’t worry too much about 3rd party support.
1:34 Once again, there should be a huge asterisk on that example. The Game Boy sales are combining the Game Boy and Game Boy Color for one. Two, it lasted 12 years before the GBA replaced them. The DS came out less than four years after the GBA. Context matters. 💯
Naturally, if the Switch 2 sells poorly, everything will be ported to the Switch 3.
This video is reall well made! And so are most of GameXplain's videos. It's really impressive how they come up with interesting topics people care about, then they expand significantly on them and talk impressively clearly.
Idk though, I'm a very bad speaker who only got through my Communications classes with vague, uninteresting topics. So maybe the problem is just me.
But yeah, great video!
I Hope it‘s Not a Switch 2. Hopefully Nintendo brings new Evolution with it
Same thing we do when the Wii U fails, wait for new games
Nintendo fans have become addicted to the arrogance of there favorite company being the most successful in gaming. If it goes back to wii u status quo they will not be able to cope
Which is why the Wii U failed. Lack of good exclusives.
@@SALTYTOAD00 what about Smash 4, Mario Bros U, Mario 3D World, Mario Maker, Splatoon, Hyrule Warriors, Bayonetta 2, Captain Toad Treasure Tracker, Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze, and Yoshi's Woolly World?
What do you mean the wii u only had good exclusieves @@SALTYTOAD00
@AlessandroLoscueva Yes, because Mario Party 10, Paper Mario Color Splash, Wii Sports Club, Animal Crossing amiibo Festival, and Star Fox Zero were so good.
I swear this is an on going trend what if Nintendo fails so and so. It’s like were ready to judge Nintendo with point less videos. What about Sony or Microsoft? There just so perfect right? All am saying am tired of these videos. Even those annoying former Nintendo hires kit and Krista are starting to piss me off.
@@davesmidnightgamingenterta3523 What’s going on with Kit and Krista these days?
Hot take: I low-key hope it fails, so that nintendo needs to innovate themselves out of a hole again (that's how the switch concept was created to begin with). Same thing happened with GC>Wii.
Here's another obligatory, slow news day Saturday video.
Me personally, I think either Nintendo Switch 2, or Super Nintendo Switch could work because both potential names I just mentioned make it clear that it’s the successor to the original.
What if it recreates the success of the original switch BUT sells even more consoles and beats its 2017 counterpart ❤
That's a hard task because the switch is literally the third best-selling console of all time.
it's POSSIBLE, but definitely gonna be very hard to make that happen. but compared to Sony and Microsoft, Nintendo has surpassed their rivals in the Console Wars this gen.
To fix the Dev time thing
7:00 Make 8 or 16 bit games
Or PS2 graphics
It cannot fail, if it has perfect backwards compability.
Even the crappy PS2 was a huge success as 100+ million PSX owners swapped their system into successor.
The biggest thing switch 2 has going for it is that Nintendo is not releasing a handheld to cannibalize the market of their console.
"Half of PS4 owners still haven't upgraded." Yeah, because the PS5 is less than four years old, and it takes a long time to sell 117 million units. 🤷♂️
Nah, I’ve seen a lot of people still on the ps4 because it can run games that are supposed to be exclusive to just the ps5 to the ps4
Will cross that bridge when we get to it but hopefully switch 2 doesn't flop
The Wii U was a strategic failure so Sony and Microsoft could fight it out while Nintendo hangs back
NGL as of this moment right now I deff do think the switch 2 should fail for the simple fact they refuse to give us any good info about it. I’m not gonna buy a console until I see all the specs.
And why do you care about specs in a Nintendo console?
even if its named something like "switch U", what it needs is great advertising that tells what it is + a great catalogue of games
the wii u didnt fail because of its name, it failed because the marketing was awful and there were hardly any games in its first few years
nintendo basically did the opposite of everything the wii u did for the switch, i think that we're in good hands and pray it goes well
The question is not "What if?" it's "How could it?"
I don’t think something like the lack of games will happen. When they were in the wii u era they also have to support the 3ds. Now they only have 1 system. So 1st party support will only be stronger than wii u.
It can flop.
The Wii U flipped after the Wii.
Virtual Boy flopped after Game Boy.
Nintendo actual doesn't have a history of back to back console successes...
The GBA succeed more than the GBC
Excellent video! And I agree with all of your points. I fear that Nintendo is waiting too long to release the Switch 2, and their strategy of squeezing every last ounce of life from a successful console before releasing their next console, is a strategy that has already failed them twice in the past. And yet somehow they are still convinced that it's a strategy that works. "Strike while the iron is hot" as the old saying goes. But the iron is no longer hot. It's not even lukewarm. The iron has gone cold. While I do believe that the Switch 2 will be fine in the long run, I don't think it'll be successful at launch. Nintendo may have to do a price drop after a few months like what they did for the 3DS and Wii U. Still, the Switch 2 will end up doing fine in the end.
Marketing would work if they simply call it "Switch 2", nintendo needs to stop trying at cool quirky names and follow the other consoles.
0:01 stop calling it that. It’s not gonna be called that.
@@algotkristoffersson15 1. Switch 2 is most likely a placeholder name. What do you suggest as another placeholder name if you think Switch 2 is so bad? 2. Switch 2 would avoid the confusion Wii U caused due to the 2 inherently indicating it is a successor
@@LucasGnagy Switch 2 implies it is a direct successor. Which in turn indicates that the switch is going to be a specific series of consoles. When in reality this handheld/home console hybrid thing is just how all consoles will work in the future. Because there is no drawback. So actually the console is going to be named after its new gimmick as the fact it can switch is trivially obvious and thus unnecessary to specify.
@@algotkristoffersson15 ok. So what do you suggest is a better placeholder name then, Mr. Marketing Genius apparently?
@@LucasGnagy we should just say ”Nintendos next console” until the actual name is revealed.
@@algotkristoffersson15 Why would we say that when “Switch 2” achieves the same effect, is much faster to say/type and the console is most likely going to be what that placeholder name implies anyway?
If Nintendo doesn't make stupid decisions like most western companies they should be fine.
Unlike the Wii the demand and excitement is there for the next console. I remember the days nearing the Wii U launch there wasn't major excitement except the Big Nintendo fans. Past 4+ years, Switch 2 yet? has been a constant discussion. All Nintendo's franchises are flying high.
Splatoon 4 should definitely go well, the series is too successful to stop now.
Animal crossing has becoming household name due to the pandemic.
Metroid and Pikmin finally found footing among many others.
Mario 2d and 3d hit thier peak and can easily go further.
Pokemon is playing catchup but it still going strong. The switch era was still the correct franchise being continued even if the devs are slow at catching up to modern hardware.
Zelda is stronger than ever, on par with Mario.
Movies and parks should boost Nintendo's Sales further.
If their new console fails then we can be sure they will bring out some of the hardest hitting new games to make it a success.
Somehow I feel like people are already hyped though.
Nintendo just needs to release a main pokemon game exclusively on the switch 2 and the console will sell like hot cakes... Scarlet and violet sold almost 25M copies even if the games were extremely buggy.
The longer development time for modern games is not as big of an issue to Nintendo as it is to Sony and Microsoft because they can always task a smaller studio with remaking one of their older game.
That last part hits true. Unlike the other 2, Nintendo actually makes smaller budget games with their IPs, even brining back dormant or underused IPs every now and then.
@@paperluigi6132 Like a few weeks ago, they brought back the very obscure Famicom Detective Club series.
I know it's not mainline, but Pokemon Legends Z-A is coming in the first half of 2025, so it could serve as a launch title for the Switch 2 while still being backwards compatible with the current Switch.
If it truly is a Switch 2, then that would be pretty much impossible.
It will be a switch 2 because Nintendo described the switch successor as "Switch next model," which means that it's going to be another switch.
Thats what we thought about the Wii if it ever got a successor, and just look at the Wii U.
@@iLoveBread260 But the Wii U wasn’t just Wii 2. It tried something different, and had terrible marketing. People thought it was just a new controller for the Wii rather than a new console.
It probably will last consoles have basically gone fail succes fail success.
Also a switch 2 would needs a lot of appeal for the casual crowd to pick it up.
I think that the mario movie sequel and the zelda movie will help it.
This is such a dumb hypothetical 😭😭
Nintendo should balance supporting the current switch and focusing on the switch 2, some games should be on both consoles but a fair few should be switch 2 exclusive to encourage people to buy the new system
That's honestly not an easy question to answer, that's a question anyone who creates something ask themselves, Nintendo is no different, you can't tell the success of a product until consumers get a hold of it. We can't expect everything we make to be 100% successful that's not how the world works unless you have the mindset of a perfectionist. All I can say is, I hope the Switch 2 is a hit, but on the off chance its not, at least they tried
Switch should not be in the name of the console at all so people know it’s a brand new system. Calling it switch 2 would be as bad as Wii U
I don’t think the switch 2 is going to be a dissappointment we,ll have to wait and see what video game companies come out with
Great video! Your editorials are top-notch, Joey! Keep them coming!
Really at this point, anything is possible. You could make a video titled “what if the Switch 2 is a success?”
It won’t be like the Switch but Switch 2 will be like the PS5. Not as popular but still good
Impossible! There are so many reasons that it will not versus reasons that it will fail. Nintendo is widely considered synonymous with electronic gaming. Even if Nintendo ceased to exist, people all over the world connect electronic gaming to Nintendo.
What does SEGA have to do with this?
Innovation requires taking risks.
Not a Chance in he((. Nintendo handhelds are Gold
I can’t see the successor being a flop similar to the Wii U. Nintendo is in a way better position now, and I feel they are going to make smart decisions with this next console.
I doubt it will do Switch numbers but I think Nintendo would have to be incredibly inept to fuck up the next console after having experienced the Wii U situation. At the very least I see it doing 80 mil.
If it’s a very big speed, quality and power upgrade from the original it’ll do well.
I think the biggest problem with all this discourse is that we are all calling it te Switch 2. What happens if it's nothing like the Switch? The Wii was a massive success and the Wii U (which was a Wii 2) was a flop. Will Nintendo do something similar again? We all WANT a Switch 2 but will Nintendo deliver a Switch 2 or another whole new way to play?
Personally I want a Switch with 3D support. I loved the 3D feature on the 3DS and the super creative ways developers used it.
Oh and I'd love this console to be called the Super Nintendo Switch. Great way to make it obvious that it's the upgrade from the normal Switch for all those clueless parents
So close to unsubbing from this channel.